Improvement in beater and compressing presses



Patented Aug.29, 1876.

MPETERS. 'FNQTQ-LITHOGRAPHER, WASHINGTON, D C.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.-

, GEORGE ERTEL, or QUINCY, ILLINOIS.

IMPROVEMENT IN BEATER AND COMPRESSING PRESSES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 181,564, dated August29, 1876; application filed August 2, 1676.

To allwhom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE ERTEL, of Quincy, in the county of Adams andState of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Beaterand Oompressin g Presses. of which the following is a specification,reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

The invention relates to hay-presses operatin g upon the beating andcompressing plan; and consists in certain improvements upon the devicesfor which Letters Patent of the United States N 0. 135,533 were grantedto George Ertel, February 4,1873, for improvement in beater andcompressing presses, as will more fully appear hereinafter.

Figure l is a top view of a device embodying the elements of theinvention. Fig. 2 is a section of same through the lines '1 2 of Fig. 1.Fig. 3 is a detached perspective view of the shuttle.

In the accompanying drawings, A represents a platform, upon one end ofwhich is mounted the beating and compressing mechanism, (Not shown.)Upon the other end of this platform is a pivot, which extends throughthe Wheel B and enters the base of the driving-shaft H, set firmly atthe center of the wheel, a washer, to, being interposed about the pivotand below the wheel. Thus, as the drivin g-shaft is rotated the wheelrevolves, and vice versa. Near the periphery of the wheel is providedthe raised rim D, having in it the annular groove E, at the baseofwhichis provided in the wheel a vertical annular recess, F, the grooveand recess being suitably formed to accommodate the shuttle T, whichconsists of a traveler, H, curved to conform to the face of the grooveE, and of such dimensions that its upper edge shall fit smoothly withinthe upper part of the groove E, and its lower in the recess F. Upon thistraveler is placed a concave plate of metal, I, having a threadedextremity extending through the base of the stop M. One end of thebeater-rope L is socured by bolts 1), or in any other suitable manner,between the plate and the traveler, the end of which is provided withthe upwardprojecting ear or stop M. It is plain that the shuttle willrun smoothly upon the edge of the rim D without danger of escape fromthe recess and groove which'contain it. At the base of the driving-shaftH, on either side, are

placed the horizontal braces d, into one of 1 forces thebolt N outward.Below the outer,

parts of the bolt a slot, R, is cut in the wheel'B, to receive the studh on the under side of the bolt, which stud is in contact with the headof the pin T when the bolt is thrown forward, the opposite extremity ofthe pin projecting beyond the periphery of the wheel to 'come in contactwith the tripping-wheel V, secured on the platform A, when the wheel Bis rotated.

At a suitable distance from the wheel V, in the direction in which thewheel B moves when operating, is provided the elastic bumper W, the baseof which is secured to the bar 15, the opposite end of which bar forms apart of the platform A. X is an arm projecting from the driving-shaft H,and serves as a means of communicating movement thereto. The lever A ispivoted to the driving-shaft H, and is connected by the cord B to thebalance-lever P, so that when the lever A is de pressed the lever P islowered and the clutchbolt projects, as aforesaid. The Wheel B being inmotion, the head of the bolt catches the front edge of the shuttle T,and the beaterrope is wound in the recess E, which operation continuesuntil the pin T comes in contact with the tripping-wheel V, whereby thepin is forced inward, and with it the bolt. The gravity of the beaternow acting upon the rope, the beater falls, drawing the rope, andcausing the shuttle to move rapidly around the wheel until the movementof the shuttle is arrested by the stop M coming in contact with thebumper W. In practice, however, the stop seldom comes in contact withthe bumper,

since, as the fall of the beater diminishes by the hay-pit becomingfilled, the draft of the beater-rope is proportionally reduced, so thatafter the first few revolutions of the wheel the stop will not come incontact with the bumper. The head of the bolt would act as a bumper; butthis is objectionable, as bringing in contact two unyielding surfaces.

As soon as the tripping-wheel V is passed, the weight of thebalance-lever throws the bolt forward, and it again engages the shuttle,

nected by the cord B, with the balance-lever 1?, this same movement ofthe lever allows the balance lever to descend, throwing out theclutch-bolt and operating the presser-rope, as aforesaid. Axcontrarymovement of the lever A operates to elevate the balance-lever, and thusdetermines the operation of beating, while it throws up the bolt, whicharrests the sliding collar, thereby causing the operation of pressing tobegin. Hence one movement of the lever A is all that is necessary to re-Thus, when the lever verse the operation of the device, and to cause itto operate either in its beaterflor presser capacity, as desired.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-

-1. The shuttle T, in combination with the wheel B, providedwith arecess to confine its movement, as set forth.

2. The shuttle T, in combination with the wheel B, having the groove Eand recess F,

substantially as shown and set forth. 3;. The shuttleT, provided withthe stop M,

substantially as set forth.

4. The shuttle T, having the stop M, in combination with a' recessedwheel and an elastic bumper, W, as set forth...

5. The clutch-bolt N, for the purposes set forth.

the trippingwheel V and balance-lever P, substantially as shown anddescribed.

7. The lever A, rod t, and cord B, for. the g purpose forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing improvement in heater andcompressing presses, as above described,I have herennto'set'my hand this10th day of July, 1876.

- GEORGE ERTEL. Witnesses:

J. N. CARTER, WM. H. GOVERT.

6. The clutch-bolt N, in combination with

